I paid for the deluxe version of TurboTax and the IRS amended my return because I made too much $, and we made nowhere near what they claim, nor do I have a dependent?

[nate-cayo]

"We changed the amount claimed as Recovery Rebate Credit" I got 2 stimulus checks last year, my wife got 1. I didn't make more than $75,000, I didn't claim her even though she's disabled, I couldn't. Both our SSN are correct on the return. I paid for the deluxe version to make sure this was done right and I lost $3000 in amends because of it.

[Vanessa A]

If the IRS is telling you they changed the amount claimed as a recovery rebate credit and your refund changed by $3,000 it sounds like you entered an incorrect amount or did not enter anything when asked how much you received in 2021.

You cannot claim a spouse as a dependent.  You simply file a joint return which means you both report all of your information on that one return.  If she did not have any income because she is disabled, you would have received a standard deduction of $25,5100 as married filing jointly instead of $12,550 if you would have filed as Married Filing Separately.

If you look at line 30 of your 1040 that you filed and it says $2,800, this is likely because you did not enter the amount you actually both did receive so the program then said since you didn't receive it yet, you can now get it.  When the IRS saw this, they said, yes you did receive it so you cannot get it again and changed your numbers. 

[nate-cayo]

I received 2 stimulus checks last year, she got 1. So it should have been a different amount is what you're saying? She gets SSDI every month but worked as a Doordasher so we filed jointly this time.

[Vanessa A]

Yes, if you didn't enter the information about the payments you received, you should have received an amount different than what was on your tax return that you filed.

There was only one stimulus round last year.  Was one of yours a Plus Up Payment?  Was your income in 2020 lower than in 2019?

[nate-cayo]

I was thinking 2020 checks then. So i filed incorrectly so the adjustment was on me. I made significantly more many in 2020 than I did in 2019. I appreciate the knowledge!